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dandoc

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Hey

I'm in the market for a Range Rover, I'm looking at around 2006-2010 cars and the ones I have found so far in my budget have a higher mileage. Usually around 90k-120k.

I'd prefer to enjoy driving it rather than it being in the garage and costing me a fortune, as I have very little mechanical knowledge, my question is are Range Rovers with this kind of mileage a good purchase or are the something to avoid and should I wait to save up more money for a lower mileage one?

Thanks in advance.
 
:D:D:D Where's the laughing until tears start falling icon? 7-11 yrs old and thinks 90 - 120k is high mileage. It's at absolute best 'average'.
If you don't have a couple of thousand pounds as a contingency fund and are low on mechanical, or more so these days , especially on the RR, electronic engineering knowledge, with the best will in the world look at something else.
There are 3 types of us who buy them AND keep them. 1: Are wise to the mechanical and electrickery of the veh, 2: have some knowledge of the unreliability, of the whole stable ,to begin with and learn as much as we can, whilst paying friendly specialist indies* for what is beyond our scope, 3: have money to burn. All of the aforementioned also have another car to use whilst the RR is off the road ;)
If you're already worried about cost then that should tell you everything you need to know.

* Please note even friendly specialist indies are not 'cheap' but they are cheaper than the ,stealers.



But....... if you do decide you can handle the cost and the hissy fits, you will love her and spend every penny you have showing her how much ;)
 
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All of the above. For reliability get a Lexus. If you want to fall in love and pay for it (and you will pay) then buy a RR.

For a P38 keep a grand back for parts. For the L322 more like 3 grand. If you're no good with spanners at least double that. For the newest, just liquidise all assets into paper and bung a match and accelerant on. It'll be less painful and almost as quick.
 
If your used to maybe occasionally throwing a £50 battery into some misery of an Asian piece o Sh!te and you feel hard done by then walk on by, these beasts bite and they bite hard! (sometimes)

If you are of reasonable means and have a lust to join the 750mm club (that's the measurement from road to ass cheeks) then please go for it, buy a £400 diagnostic kit and you will never drive anything as rewarding for the money, some are actually reliable, particularly the ones that have a documented gearbox replacement invoice.
The reality is you can't run them on fresh air.
 
A range rover with huge mileage and still a good buy would be a classic. P38 and above will give you sleepless nights and a pocketful of bus tickets.
 
All of the above sounds like excellent advice to me. I would love to buy a RR but the very thought of the repair bills fill me with dread. There is a good friendly independant 4x4 garage near me but they are always busy and the next booking in slot is always at least a month away. They are inundated with discos and rangies. Until I win the lottery I'll keep my Sorento for reliability and the series 3 for my masochism.

Col
 
davidsmith1307 said:
I think you might have scared him off.... :D
One post and out.
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We've either saved him a shed-load of cash and heartache or he's gone to another forum and will shortly be be bent over his bank-manager's desk with a Biro between his teeth.
 
You will have to wait until he is in a free wifi spot again. Just get the range rover keyring, drive a Fiesta and park it around the corner.
 
Back to the sensible.

I find the higher mileage range rovers a safer bet than the 50 to 70k mileages. At 100,000 + most of the problems have been sorted out.
But these are expensive vehicles, & the spanners you need to work on them are a bit bigger than normal, hence, it's why the specialist 4x4 garages are so busy. Most range rover owners are lazy & could do the work themselves but would rather pay someone else to do it, unless you're in Scotland of course. They just drive them until the faulty part drops off.
Get your mechanical knowledge up together, dust of your tools & buy a few more, & hopefully your costs should be kept under £20,000 a year.
 
The original owner of my car was told by the dealer "for gods sake get rid of it before the warranty runs out" he didn't. And 50+ thousand pounds later he gave it to me. And now leases them
I've done all the work myself and spent around £1200 on mine in the year I've had her. But she was in a **** state so I'm actually really happy and love the thing!!!
 
youmitegetian said:
The original owner of my car was told by the dealer "for gods sake get rid of it before the warranty runs out" he didn't. And 50+ thousand pounds later he gave it to me. And now leases them
I've done all the work myself and spent around £1200 on mine in the year I've had her. But she was in a **** state so I'm actually really happy and love the thing!!!
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Which supports everything that has been said in previous posts. Even doing all the work yourself, you have paid out £1200 in just the first year. Imagine the cost if, like the OP, you had very little mechanical knowledge and hadn't been abe to do it yourself.
It's best to know going in that these beasts will cost you lots. If not your money, your time, or even both. Ask @Saint.V8 , he gave his up eventually because of other, more important, commitments for his time and money and if ever man knew how to work on the L322 it is he.
 
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